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Team USA announces U-18 Ivan Hlinka roster

USA Hockey on Tuesday announced the roster for the U.S. Under-18 Select Team that will participate in the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament next month in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Team USA, which has finished in the top three at the Ivan Hlinka tournament 10 times since 1991, will join Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland at the six-day tournament, scheduled for Aug. 13-17.

Also on the roster is 6-foot-3, 170-pound forward Justin Bailey, who helped lead the Long Island Royals to the Under-16 Tier I national championship in 2011-12. That team was coached by Hockey Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine.

"He's got tremendous quickness and speed to go along with that size," LaFontaine told NHL.com. "He'll continue to fill out as a player, but his puck control and release are something … he's got a big-time shot already."

Bailey, along with 16 other players on the roster, is eligible for the 2013 NHL Draft. He likely will play for the Indiana Ice of the United States Hockey League in 2012-13.

There are 10 states represented on the U.S. roster, including five players from Minnesota and three each from California, New Jersey and New York.

The team will be coached by Matt Herr, who just finished his seventh season as coach at the Kent School in Connecticut.

The United States opens the tournament Aug. 13 against Russia, and then plays the Czech Republic on Aug. 14 and Finland on Aug. 15. The Hlinka Memorial final is Aug. 18.